(NEW YORK, Sunday, June 1, 1997) --Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, in an angry statement, denounced a Georgia federal court ruling that upheld the firing of an Atlanta attorney from a government job solely because she is a lesbian who had a private, religious commitment ceremony with her partner.

(New York, January 9, 2007) — Upon learning that Terrence Boyle had withdrawn his candidacy for the United States Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit, Lambda Legal’s Executive Director Kevin Cathcart issued the following statement:

“By making clear that Judge Boyle’s nomination would face serious opposition, congressional leadership has moved toward fulfilling the promise of judicial fairness for all Americans.

(NEW YORK, May 8, 1997) Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund was joined by a host of Georgia civil rights groups Thursday in defending Atlanta's effort to extend health benefits to dependent domestic partners of City workers.

Lambda and its Georgia allies filed a joint friend-of-the-court brief with the Georgia Supreme Court in City of Atlanta v. Morgan, the case stemming from the Atlanta City Council's passage of a limited domestic partnership benefits ordinance.

(Olympia, Washington, January 11, 2007) — In support of two bills set to be introduced today in the Washington State Legislature that would set the state on the path toward marriage equality and provide some critical rights and protections to same-sex couples and their families, Lambda Legal issues the following statement.

Jennifer C. Pizer, Senior Counsel in Lambda Legal’s Western Regional Office, said:

(New York, January 11, 2007) — Today, Lambda Legal and the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) launched Getting Down to Basics, a new tool kit designed to provide information to professionals and others interested in helping meet the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth within the child welfare system.

(NEW YORK, April 17, 1997) - Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund said Thursday that its Hawaii marriage case remains "fully on track" while state legislators prepare historic provisions for lesbian and gay couples in a deal to get a proposed constitutional amendment to voters 19 months from now.

(CHICAGO, March 14, 1997) Based on the most powerful court decision ever to vindicate the civil rights of lesbians and gay men, an Ohio federal appeals panel now must reject Cincinnati's anti-gay Issue 3, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund said Friday in anticipation of a hearing next week.

(Olympia, Washington, January 25, 2007) — In a letter sent today to the Chair of the Washington State Senate Committee On Government Operations and Elections, Lambda Legal urged legislators to allow same-sex couples to marry and called on them to pass SB 5336 in order to provide immediate protections to same-sex couples in Washington.